FILE - In this April 11, 2013 file photo, Jason Rezaian, an Iranian-American correspondent for the Washington Post smiles as he attends a presidential campaign of President Hassan Rouhani in Tehran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Secretary of State John Kerry said early Sunday that he was "personally dismayed and disturbed" by reports that an Iranian court had charged a Washington Post reporter with unspecified offenses.